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Proximity

proximity

The quality or state of being next in time, place, causation, influence, etc.; immediate nearness, either in place, blood, or alliance. If he plead proximity of blood That empty title is with ease withstood. (Dryden)

Origin: L. Proximitas: cf. F. Proximite See Proximate, and cf. Propinquity, Approach.


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